A sentence of 4 years 6 months' imprisonment (after a 25% guilty plea discount) for unlawfully doing grievous bodily harm under s 297(1) of the Criminal Code (WA) is within the permissible range for an offence in the mid to high level of seriousness, where the offence involved an unprovoked attack on a stranger at his home using a weapon, causing permanent injuries including loss of senses of taste and smell.
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